This crystal has  
haunted my mind 
sending it into a 
realm of evil  
each time i sleep 
 
i fear the crystal 
especially its  
significance 
and what it has  
instore for me 
 
yet the yearning for 
adventures of  
the third kind 
set my spirit ablazed 
 
last night was  
this sketchy dream 
akin to what you would  
witness on a faulty television 
 
you knew you had  
the dream 
but immediately forgot  
most of it the moment 
you opened your eyes 
 
One horrendous image  
however, remained 
to send the shivers  
down my spine - 
 
i had turned  
light green  
like a devil and 
my head was round 
like a pomelo  
 
there were those  
little sparing bunches 
of hair over the head 
in a surprisingly  
uniform manner 
 
each strand of hair 
was like, can you imagine,  
a  flat green noodle?  
 
the phobia that  
i would go beserk 
nearly overpowered me 
but i kept very still 
and steady fighting 
whatever weakness  
that  came on 
i remained very strong 
 
for the first time,  
i took off the crystal  
from my neck and hang  
it by my bed 
 
but this afternoon  
as i set off to work,  
i wore it again 
i have got to be  
the bravest person 
on earth!
john tiong chunghoo
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-crystal-part-three-of-a-true-experience/